(Very) Newbie having problems with VCD (mpeg) quality after

[DarthZavk]

Hi,
I'm really new at this and I have a problem. I have done a 30 min wedding video which i shot with a DV cam n edited with Premiere. I encoded the .avi file to mpeg with TMPGEnc. The resulting video seemd quite ok when played back on my computer, though i noticed the video to be slightly jerky.

However when I tried playing it on a standalone VCD player (from where I come from, these are more popular and affordable than DVD players), the video gets really jerky and the audio suffers the same problem too.

Can someone advise on this? Does the problem lie in the encoding? Or did it happened somewhere earlier while i was editing it? (I doubt so since the edited .avi that I exported from Premiere seemed fine)... Appreciate any help!

Thanks,
Zavk

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[herokid]

No info provided about the TMPGE settings you used so I offer some guesses.

TMPGE will cause jerkiness as you describe with many avi sources. If you are encoding with video source setting = interlace then the wrong first field order can well do what you describe.

[DarthZavk]

Ok i tried what you suggested and the video is fine now but the audio is still crap. It sounds "jerky" and wavers... It is fine when I play it on the computer but not on the standalone player. I'm suppose to finish this video for someone real soon. SOMEBODY ANYBODY PLEASE HELP!!

[TIbrO]

The media you use and the speed you burn at can also determine how your player plays is later on...
My Apex skips on VCDs if I burn them faster than 2X...
Now I burn my VCDs at 1X unless I feel I need it sooner.
I use Memorex CDRs to burn on.

[thenewboy]

DarthZavk,

If yours a vcd player then I suspect your vcd should be in PAL rather than NTSC. Only US uses NTSC and most other countries uses PAL and vcd players are more popular in vcd player than DVD players. Double check! It shouldn't be that difficult to encode with TMPGEnc. Use its templates! Also, you might want to consider what type of players does the person you are making vcd for. Because if its a DVD player, then your setting should be in NTSC instead of PAL (for your vcd player). Good Luck Jordan

PS. Make a short encoded clip for testing (ie. 1 min).

[DarthZavk]

Thanks.
Yeah I know. Everything (mostly) is in PAL here. I know I have to use the PAL template and I THINK I did.... unless I had somehow overlooked it. Everything seems fine now.... I just double checked everything.
Hmmm... I think I probably overlooked something.
Thanks anyway.

[Graham Meredith]

Make sure the template you use has audio at 224kbs. I used one with 128kbs and it caused all sorts of stuttering in my DVD player.

Graham

[DarthZavk]

Hey it's actually better with the audio at 224kbs. One more thing. I noticed that the movement n jerks of the camera (well I'm an amateur camera man and those steady-shot thing aren't quite as good as they are made out to be) were somewhat "accentuated" in the mpeg. Why is that so? Can it be minimized if not avoided? Or is it once again something to do with the encoding? Everything is in PAL - from my DV tape to the mpeg.

Cheers